I just realized that I skipped from arriving in Colorado to the Roadrunner fiasco with no mention of the incredible things that happened at MTI! Allow me to digress--since I don't feel like trying to figure out right now how to juxtapose these last two entries!
The concepts we were taught and experienced during the three weeks of our training were life-changing to say the least. Before we left, I had been studying in Hebrews and had spent much time reflecting on the passage in 12:5 that encourages us to "endure hardship as discipline." Not a very feel-good scripture but one that I thought I had learned much about during the past two years while my mom was sick. I have come to know that God allows turmoil in our life for many reasons but mainly because He loves us and wants us to trust Him more. When "life is good," there obviously isn't as great a need to cling to Christ like we do when our world seems to be falling apart. During our time at MTI, I was reminded of this EVERY day! We heard true stories from missionaries who have walked through the "valley of weeping" and can attest that He redeemed every tear they shed. The three concepts that I've reviewed over and over in my head are 1) God is God, 2) God is good, and 3) God isn't always safe but He is faithful. I think I was okay with the first two but the third one...? This one took some soul-searching and and some digging up of fears I had hidden away for "safe"-keeping. Our instructor reminded us of an excerpt from The Chronicles of Narnia when the children ask if Aslan is safe, and Mr. and Mrs. Beaver tell them, "Of course He's not safe--He's a lion!" God is going to allow ugly things to happen, knowing that when we trust in Him, He will turn them into something beautiful.
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Sometimes God may not seem "safe" expecially in the immediate, but He is far safer than any other alternative!
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